Elena Rossini
Elena Rossini
Elena Rossini
Elena Rossini is an Italian filmmaker, photographer and activist. Rossini’s work focuses on issues of media literacy, digital sovereignty, and harnessing the power of the internet for change.
Latest Posts
In January my corner of the social web was abuzz with the surprising announcement at Davos of a new social network: W Social, which aspires to be an alternative to X, based in Europe, with "identity verification to fight disinformation."...
When I started self-hosting essential digital services via YunoHost in December 2024 I was taken aback by how easy and smooth the process was. Something that had appeared daunting to me just days before became a child’s game. A catalog...
In the brave new year of 2026, most European public institutions, politicians and infrastructure services (transportation, official weather services, alert systems) continue to broadcast their communications on a closed, proprietary...
Dear friends,I’d love to share with you what I’ve been up to this month.First up:✏️ Writing: A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHostI published part 4 in my “newbie’s guide to self-hosting with YunoHost” that discusses backups:A...
I had the pleasure of sharing with you all the steps it takes to set up and run your own essential internet services with the help of YunoHost. Fun fact - and sorry I'm addressing this point only now but the right way to pronounce...
You know how some of your most vivid memories go back to moments when you were scared or you tackled a difficult thing for the first time? Well, I still remember the fear and trepidation I felt when I was about to install and set up my...
This is the guide I wish I had had two years ago when I first heard about "self-hosting"; I would have embarked on this empowering adventure a lot sooner. My wish: that it can prove useful for non-techies who are curious about leaving...
Hi!I'm Elena, an Italian photographer, filmmaker and writer with very few coding skills. Despite this, for the past year I have been able to self-host many essential services: social media accounts (microblogging, photo sharing, video...
On November 8, 2024 I published an article on my personal site titled: “The rebellion will be federated”:The rebellion will be federated — Elena RossiniThis is how I plan to rebel against the tech barons and kleptocrats for the next 4...
a blog post that chronicles what I've been up to this month: from speaking at a conference in Berlin, to 3 podcast interviews about the Fediverse...
A starter guide for the Fediverse: what it is, how to join and its culture
an update about what I've been up to in August 2025, from things I wrote, to what I'm reading and new projects and goals
Let's normalize sharing the tech we use - and the platforms we purposefully avoid. I'm sharing my tech stack in this post to let you judge for yourselves if I'm "walking the talk" when I discuss resistance to Big Tech.
a look back at the first year of the blog series "The Future is Federated" and what lies ahead
An update about what I have been up in June and July 2025: from the release of my Fediverse promo video in English, French, Italian and Czech, to speaking at #PubConf2025 in Amsterdam, and figuring out other ways to promote the Fediverse